Pittsburgh Penguins (34-17-9) at Washington Capitals (33-18-10) 8:00 PM – NBCSN Verizon Center, Washington, DC The Pens currently have the edge in the standings, but Washington has had Pittsburgh’s number this season. They’ve won all three games, outscoring them 10-1 in the process, and it hasn’t really been close. The Pens have been playing better […]

This a column by Mike Colligan that appears every Monday morning on The Pensblog. You can find more of Mike’s work at his site, ColliganHockey.com. (1) Which rumors are true? Which rumors are made up? I get very skeptical of anything I hear in the month leading up to the trade deadline. Front offices use […]

The scene: Sherlock and Moriaty at the end of the Reichenbach fall. Moriaty says this: I knew you’d fall for it. That’s your weakness. You always want everything to be clever. Man. That is kind of like Penguins fans, one way or another. We want things to be complex. We want some kind of grand […]

So…is there a pulse? Needing a win, the Penguins buckled down and got one. Honestly, if they would have lost, the world may have ended. But it was something that happened, late in the third period that got the attention of everyone. And it was big.